The Carneddau (lit. "the cairns"; Carneddau is a Welsh plural form, and is sometimes anglicised to Carnedds) are a group of mountains in Snowdonia, Wales. They include the largest contiguous areas of high ground (over 2,500 or 3,000 feet (910 m) high) in Wales and England, as well as six or seven of the highest peaks in the country—the Fourteen Peaks. The range also encloses a number of lakes such as Llyn Cowlyd and Llyn Eigiau, and the Aber Falls waterfalls. It is delimited by the Irish Sea to the north, the Conwy valley to the east, and by the A5 road from Betws-y-Coed to Bethesda to the south and west. The area covers nearly 200 square kilometres, about 10% of the area of Snowdonia.
Start point was Idwal Cottage. Headed up to the summit of Pen yr Ole Wen. Carried on to Carnedd Dafydd, then to Carnedd Llewelyn via Cefn Ysgolion Duon and Bwlch Cyfryw-drum. I then headed South East Y Braich and then headed SSW back to the track that follows the A5 and onto the finish at Idwal. The weather today was rain and incredibly strong winds, especially at the top of Pen yr Ole Wen, was near on impossible to stand during the gusts.
